| BIOGRAPHY |
| 1958 |
born Shirley Ball in Detroit, Michigan
grew up in Birmingham, Michigan |
| 1970-1976 |
attended Kingswood School,
graduated class of 1976
Cranbrook Schools, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan |
| 1976-1978 |
attended
Washington University,
School of Fine Arts, St. Louis,
Missouri |
| 1978 |
visited New York City for
the first time to pursue interests in art and modeling. |
| 1979 |
moved to New York City and
began attending The School of Visual Arts on 23rd street at night.
Found apartment. |
| 1980 |
began to use the first name "Sylvie" at suggestion of modeling
agent. Quit modeling later that year but kept name. Went back
to school full time. time line: John Lennon murdered in
December. |
| 1980-1981 |
attended The School of Visual Arts
full time and received Bachelor of
Fine Arts degree in painting, graduated class of 1982. |
| 1982-1984 |
joined the
work force and found secretarial jobs working for a print gallery and an
interior design firm. |
| 1985-1989 |
worked as an assistant for
Julian Schnabel at various locations in New York City. Traveled to
Dusseldorf, Germany in 1987 to assist with a traveling retrospective
of his work. visited Italy for the first time in 1985 and France in
1989. began to exhibit art. |
| 1990-present |
began to work as a
freelance photographer |
| 2000 |
launched sylviestock
website for photography and painting.
visited London for the first time. |
| 2001 |
photographed World Trade
Center attack from apartment window. |
| 2002 |
became a webmaster. |
|
| ONE PERSON
EXHIBITIONS |
| 1996 |
"reign of hearts" Eighth Floor
Gallery NYC |
| 1993 |
"Sylvie Ball" The
Paterson Museum, Paterson, NJ |
| 1989 |
"Sylvie Ball" The
Red Zone organized by 56 Bleecker Gallery, NYC |
|
| SELECTED GROUP
EXHIBITIONS |
| 1997 |
"Wet Paint" curated by Robert Ellis Patterson at the Mary
Anthony Gallery, NYC |
| 1995 |
"Beauty Salon" curated by Maynard Monrow at the Barbara
Braathen Gallery, NYC |
| "1st Annual National
Juried small works Christmas Exhibition" Juror, Ivan Karp, Chuck
Levitan Gallery, NYC |
| "Soon to
be Picturesque Ruins" curated by
Alfredo Martinez, 450 Gallery, NYC |
| "Sunday
by the Bay" auction to benefit STAT
(Stopping AIDS Together) Bellport, Long Island
with thanks to James Arpad |
"Pseudo
Museum" curated by Alfredo Martinez
Jupiter
Interactive Productions, NYC |
| 1994 |
"Entropy-Detritus from the Late 20th Century" curated by Alfredo Martinez, F.P.U
13, 413 East 13th Street, NYC |
"Woodstock Wall" organized by Barbara Pensoy and
Vrej Baghoomian, Woodstock '94, Saugerties, NY |
| 1993 |
"Urban Analysis" curated by Maynard Monrow, Barbara Braathen Gallery, NYC |
| 1992 |
"The Gift" Dooley Le Cappellaine, NYC |
| 1991 |
"New Directions '91" curated by Richard Armstrong
Dutchess County Art Association, Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 1990 |
"Somewhere"curated by Robert Mahoney, Lintas Worldwide, NYC |
| "Group
Exhibition" Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, NYC |
| 1989 |
"Group Painting Show" curated by Kathleen Cullen,THE Gallery, NYC |
|
"American Rainbow" organized by Marcel Fleiss, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris |
